Adios Amigos

01 March 2011 | San Diego, California

Steve

Well the day has come...the crew is all aboard (pic)....the cupboards are packed...the fuel and water will be topped off later today. The plan is to leave Wed. morning at 0300 and sail down to Marina Coral, Ensenada, this should put us at the Coral around 1600. We will clear into Mexico on Thursday and spend Thursday night at the Marina Coral, weather permitting we will leave Ensenada on Friday morning and sail to Bahia Tortugas (Turtle Bay), Turtle Bay is about 275 NM south of Ensenada which should take us about 2 1/2 days. All subject to change of course.
Thanks to all of our friends and family for your support and prayers...God bless.

This is the plan.....In late 2009 after going on a wonderful charter to Turkey and Greece and seeing and living the cruiser lifestyle I decided to move into the next phase of my life. [...]After thinking and praying about life and what I wanted from life I made the decision to quit my 30+ year career which I had always loved...and now grown to hate, buy a sailboat and take off for the adventure of my life.
After researching and looking at many different boats I decided that the best boat in my budget would be a Beneteau. As anyone that knows me knows, I never rush into things...however in December 2009 I located a beautiful 1999 Beneteau 411 named Si Bon...which means "so good" in french....what a perfect name for a perfect boat. My offer was accepted within hours of making it and on December 18 my friend Mike Richmond and I brought Si Bon home to San Diego.